Netherlands: audio books listening frequency 2021

14 percent of respondents said they listened sometimes to audiobooks in the Netherlands as of February 2021. More and more books are now being listened to through the LuisterBieb-app or by purchasing audiobooks on Amazon or other platforms. And finally, around 80 percent of respondents never listened to audio books, a figure that was gradually going down over the years.

Distribution of audio book listening frequency in the Netherlands from 2017 to 2021

Characteristic	Often	Sometimes	Never
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Release date

January 2022

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2017 to 2021

Number of respondents

1,214 respondents

Age group

14 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Luistert u wel eens naar een luisterboek?" (English: Do you sometimes listen to an audio book?)

Often is defined by the source as once a week or more often, sometimes is defined as 1-3 times a month or less.

The figures have been taken from several publications.

Missing percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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